My point isn't about levels of abstraction, it's about standardized communication protocols. Making marks on a thin slice of a tree conveys a vote exactly becau

My point isn't about levels of abstraction, it's about standardized communication protocols. Making marks on a thin slice of a tree conveys a vote exactly because that's what the government decided the way to make a vote would be. If I write my vote in hieroglyphic etchings on an old shoe and post it to the first lady, I can't expect my vote to be counted.